Device for cleaning pens.



PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

J. T. LEONARD.

DEVICE POR CLEANING PENS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1904.

511 weufcw Net '789.616,

there rares Patented May 9, 1905.

r l lriric DEVICE FOP CLIENING FENSM SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,616, dated May 9, 1905.

Application filed September 28, 1904. Serial No. 226,391.

To all when?, '/I'f; nt/ty con/certa:

le it known that Ldosnrn. Tnonrstm LuoN- Anp, a citizen oi' the United States, residing at Rolling Prairie, in the county o't' Laporte and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Devices i"()1'(lleaiiing Pens; and I do declare the following to be a lull, clear, and exact description ol the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to malte and use the same, reference being had to the accompany ingl drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which forni a part of this specilication.

This invention relates to certain new and uselul iniiiroveinents in devices tor use in cleaning writingpens; and it has Yfor its object the provision olf a simple and eliicient device of this character consisting of a box or receptacle within which is inclosed two brushes which are adapted by the tu rning of an operatinghandle to be rotated in opposite directions, the faces of the brushes comingl in contact with each other, and in the provision of a suitable cover for the receptacle containing the brushes, said cover being provided with a suitable recess or chamber located directly above the meeting' faces ol the roller, said opening or chamber being adapted to receive the pen to be cleaned by the action of the brushes, as will hereinafter appear.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain the same consists in the peculiar construction and novel combination, arrangement, and adaptation ol parts, all as will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and then speci lically defined in lthe appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompai'iying drawings, which, with the letters ol reference marked thereon, VForm a part of this specilication, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a pencleaning' d cvice constructed in accordance with my invention, parts being broken away in order to better illustrate the construction; and Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal vertical section ot' the saine with a pen shown as in position Vfor cleaning.

Reference now being had to the details ol the drawings by letter, A represents a box which may be constructed ot' wood, metal, or other material adapted to the purpose.

B B are rotary spools or brushes provided with bristles C. These brushes are keyed to shafts I) I), which shafts are provided with suitable jmn'nal-bearings D', carried by the transverse bars Ui, extendingl longitudinally along the opposite side edges of the box, and said brushes are so positioned relatively that their meeting surfaces will contact throughouttheir entire length. ln order that the degree ot' pressure between the two meeting faces el" the rollers may be regulated, the journal-boxes upon the bars I)2 are made adjustable in the direction of the length ot' the bars upon which they are carried, as shown, and suitable slots D are provided in the casing to provide ior the movement ot the axles ot the rollers, as shown. Vv'hen it is desired to regulate the distance between the axles of the rollers, it will simply be necessary to loosen the boxes or bearings, and when the proper adjustment is secured the journals are secured in their adjusted positions by the tighteningl of the nuts upon the bolts holding the journals to the bars IYl to which they are secured.

A suitable operatingcranl( E is secured to the extended end of one ol" the axles I). Upon one end of each olE the rotary spools or brushes is provided a pulley or drum F, and around said drums is passed a suitable cross band or cord (i, so that the brushes when thus con nected will be caused to rotate toward one another and in opposite directions, as will be readily seen.

Il is the upper cover or com part-ment, which is designed to vbe fitted over the box A and when in place lorins the ripper portion ol the receptacle containing the brushes. This upper portion or cover II may, ill desired, be hinged tothe box in which the brushes are liournaled, or they may have any suitable springl connection- "such, lor instance, as that illustrated in the drawings. Said cover portion lil is provided at its longitudinal center and directly over the lneetingtaccs ot the rotary brushes with a transverse vertical chamber I, open at both ot its ends and preferably ot' somewhat greater width at its upper than 100 at its lower end and the side walls tapering l ing; but ordinarily such clamping device gradually downward, this chamber I being designed to receive the pen J, to be cleaned.

In order to clean the brushes, I provide shelves N, which project from the ends of the receptacle and against which the brushes rotate, as will be clearly seen in Fig'. 2 of the drawings.

From the foregoing description, in connection with the drawings, the operation of the device will be readily understood. It is designed to have the device conveniently located either upon or adjacent to an oice desk or table, and when it is designed to clean a pen it will be simply necessary to insert the point of the pen downward through the chamber I, so that the pen will be forced between the two meeting Jfaces of the rotary brushes. By turning the handle E the brushes will be rotated and the inl; or other foreign substance contained upon the pen will be at once removed downwardly by the brushes.

It' desired, any form otl clamping device adapted to the purpose may be employed for holding' the pen during the process of cleanwould not be required. It will be noted that the brushes, rotating downwardly and toward each other, will etfectually act upon the pen in the direction of its point, thus effectually removing ink or other material upon both faces of the pen simultaneously.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by.

JOSEPH THOMPSON LEONARD.

fitnessesz IVILLIAM STULTZ, HARRY BREWER. 

